Untitled

Untitled

Claes Oldenburg

1996

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

You see a giant slice of pizza resting on a painter’s palette, both drawn in thick, wobbly lines. Oldenburg turns everyday objects—like food and tools—into playful, oversized art. Here, he mixes two ordinary things in a way that feels both silly and smart. The pizza looks almost real enough to eat, but the palette reminds you it’s just ink on paper. If you like how he plays with scale and humor, look up the technique: lithography.

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